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Dead Space 3 ($59.99)

Dead Space 3 brings Isaac Clarke and merciless soldier John Carver on a journey across space to discover the source of the Necromorph plague and uncover the secrets that lay within Tau Volantis. Play alone as Isaac Clarke or with a friend as John Carver in seamless drop in, drop out co-op mode. Pre-order includes an exclusive theme.ESRB: M // File Size: 5.2 MB

PS3 Full Games

Demon’s Souls ($19.99)

Beautiful, compelling, and unforgiving, Demon’s Souls is the ultimate hardcore RPG experience. Revolutionary online features include cooperative play, PvP battle, the ability to leave hints for others and touch bloodstains that allow you to view replays of other players’ deaths. Are you tough enough to face the impossible… and win?ESRB: M // File Size: 8 GB

Lord of the Rings: The War in the North ($19.99)

War in the North is a co-op Action RPG that immerses you and your friends in a brutal new chapter in the War of the Ring.ESRB: M // File Size: 6.3 GB

Rise of the Guardians ($39.99)

Play as one of the classic childhood legends, including: North, Tooth, Bunnymund, Sandman, and Jack Frost in Rise of the Guardians: The Video Game. In this action-packed adventure game, each Guardian has their own set of upgradable and extraordinary abilities that will help you take on the evil spirit “Pitch” and his infectious nightmares.ESRB: E10+ // File Size: 3 GB

PSN Games

Dance Magic ($9.99)

What if scientists invented a brand new form of biological energy able to convert dancing moves to real power? Then the fate of the whole human race would depend on the most skilled dancer’s will. To protect the dance floor from evil – and to save the world from a grievous end you are here, the hero of Dance Magic. Catch the rhythm, and let the magic begin!ESRB: E10+ // File Size: 853.6 MB

PS Vita

Earth Defense Force 2017 Portable ($39.99)

Limited Time Offer! Get 4 DLC weapons free! Earth Defense Force comes to the PlayStation Vita system with tons of new and re-mastered features including online multiplayer and the addition of PALE WING, the flying female fan favorite! Planet Earth is under attack from giant alien and insect invaders. Join your squad and repel the attacking forces in a game packed with nonstop shooter satisfaction. YOU are earth’s last line of defense!ESRB: T //File Size: 631 MB

PSone Games Added to Vita Storefront

Disney’s Hercules

Disney’s Lilo & Stitch

Disney’s Peter Pan: Return to Neverland

Disney’s The Emperor’s New Groove

Disney’s the Little Mermaid

Bundles

SEGA Vintage Collection: Alex Kidd & Co. ($9.99)

Experience a blast from past with this collection of classic Sega titles! Save kingdoms, shatter time trials, and destroy evil in Alex Kidd in Miracle World, Super Hang-on, and The Revenge of Shinobi!ESRB: E10+ //File Size: 218.6 MB

SEGA Vintage Collection: Monster World ($9.99)

Bring peace back to Monster World in these three classic action RPG titles: Wonder Boy in Monster Land, Wonder Boy in Monster World, and for the first time outside of Japan, Monster World IV!ESRB: E //File Size: 248.6 MB

PS2 Classics

Dora the Explorer: Dora Saves the Crystal Kingdom ($9.99)

The Crystal Kingdom is losing its color! Help Dora and Boots recover the crystals from a greedy king, who has hidden them in storybooks.ESRB: E //File Size: 1.2 GB

Dora the Explorer: Dora Saves the Mermaids ($9.99)

A mean garbage-dumping octopus is polluting the Mermaid Kingdom, and it’s up to Dora and Boots to save the mermaid’s home.ESRB: E //File Size: 324.5 MB

Dora the Explorer: Dora Saves the Snow Princess ($9.99)

Dora travels to the Snowy Forest to rescue the Snow Princess. Help her find all the magic snowflakes to set the princess free.ESRB: E //File Size: 2 GB

Go Diego Go! Great Dinosaur Rescue ($9.99)

Diego and Baby Jaguar travel back in time to help Maia the Maiasaura find her lost family.ESRB: E //File Size: 1.2 GB

Go Diego Go! Safari Rescue ($9.99)

Race across Africa with the Rescue Team to undo the mean Magician’s mischief and save the animals with the Magic Drum!ESRB: E //File Size:1.2 GB

PlayStation Store Highlights

We’re back from the holidays, so I hope you took advantage of our deals over the break. We’re kicking off the New Year with a pre-order for Dead Space 3, which includes a free exclusive theme. Additionally, Demon’s Souls makes its way onto the store, along with Lord of the Rings: War in the North and Rise of the Guardians.

Free Games, Add-Ons & Avatar

Discount

Eufloria (50% off Sale Price) – PS Plus Price: $2.50

Last Chance (Leaving on 1/15)

Instant Game Collection – Double Dragon Neon

PS3 Demos (Free)

Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed

Try the free demo! Sonic and the All-Stars cast line up on the starting grid once again to battle for supremacy in the ultimate race. Compete across land, water and air in incredible transforming vehicles that change from cars to boats to planes mid-race. It’s not just racing, it’s racing transformed!ESRB: E10+ // File Size: 1.3 GB

PS Vita Demos (Free)

Orgarhythm

Music and strategy unite in perfect harmony in this unique rhythm game where two gods embodying the creative and destructive forces of the universe meet in furious orchestral battle. Utilize the touchscreen to direct your warriors and tap-tap-tap your way to victory by keeping the beat. Unlock new skills, unleash new attacks, and experience real-time strategy with a kick. Download the demo today and sample the beats and battle of Orgarhythm!ESRB: E10+ // File Size: 270.7 MB

New Year Firework Costume (Free) – Download this additional costume to really stand out from the crowd!

Sabretooth Costume ($1.99) – Download this Sabretooth costume to really stand out from the crowd!

Street Fighter X Tekken

Boost Gem Trial Pack 9 (Free) – A total of 3 Boost Gems that all characters can use. The effects of the Gems may be subject to change.

SF Boost Gem Pack 22 ($0.99) – 10 Boost Gems exclusively for Street Fighter characters. This is a pack featuring various activation effects across all genres. The effects of the Gems may be subject to change.

SF Boost Gem Pack 23 ($0.99) – 10 Boost Gems exclusively for Street Fighter characters. This is a pack featuring various activation effects across all genres. The effects of the Gems may be subject to change.

SF Boost Gem Pack 24 ($0.99) – 10 Boost Gems exclusively for Street Fighter characters. This is a pack featuring various activation effects across all genres. The effects of the Gems may be subject to change.

TK Boost Gem Pack 22 ($0.99) – 10 Boost Gems exclusively for Tekken characters. This is a pack featuring various activation effects across all genres. The effects of the Gems may be subject to change.

TK Boost Gem Pack 23 ($0.99) – 10 Boost Gems exclusively for Tekken characters. This is a pack featuring various activation effects across all genres. The effects of the Gems may be subject to change.

TK Boost Gem Pack 24 ($0.99) – 10 Boost Gems exclusively for Tekken characters. This is a pack featuring various activation effects across all genres. The effects of the Gems may be subject to change.

PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale

‘Archer Disguise’ Sly Costume ($1.99)

‘Athena Nariko’ Nariko Costume($1.99)

‘Bistro Toro’ Toro Costume ($1.99)

‘Commando Suit’ Ratchet Costume ($1.99)

‘Deimos’ Kratos Costume ($1.99)

‘Evil Among Thieves’ Evil Cole Costume ($1.99)

‘Funky Astro Suit’ PaRappa Costume ($1.99)

‘Golden Armor’ Sir Daniel Costume ($1.99)

‘Kessler’ Good Cole Costume ($1.99)

‘Old World Jak’ Jak Costume ($1.99)

‘Pirate Princess’ Fat Princess Costume ($1.99)

‘Sackgirl’ Sackboy Costume ($1.99)

‘Shamballa Snow Jacket’ Drake Costume ($1.99)

‘Special Event Suit’ Spike Costume ($1.99)

‘StA-X6 Jetpack’ Radec Costume ($1.99)

‘Sweet Tooth Outcast’ Sweet Tooth Costume ($1.99)

PS3 Add-ons

Assassin’s Creed III

Battle Hardened ($9.99, free for Season Pass holders) – The Battle Hardened Pack extends the Assassin’s Creed III multiplayer experience with three new playable characters and maps, plus awesome bonus items! Become the influential Governor, the resilient Highlander or the fearsome Coyote Man. Journey through Charlestown, Fort St-Mathieu and Saint Pierre as you stalk your enemies and fight to protect your team. Rally your troop, discover your power in numbers and ignite the revolution!

Cabela’s Dangerous Hunts 2013

Maneater Level Pack (Free) – Didn’t get enough co-op hunting action? The Maneater Level Pack gives you 3 additional Maneater levels with predators that range from North American Grizzlies to African Black Lions. Join forces with a friend to take on even more waves of increasingly deadly beasts!

Family Guy: Back to the Multiverse

Peter Griffin’s Man Boob Mega ($4.99) – Download new and exciting content for ‘Family Guy: Back To The Multiverse’ including The Griffins in their classic Gold Tuxedos, new weapon skins, new outfits and much more! Includes content for all game modes including Story Mode, Multiplayer and Challenge Mode. Whether you’re wielding a petrified cat like it’s a WMD, playing as Evil Mayor West in Multiplayer or battling in an exclusive Challenge Mode, your enemies will tremble at you!

Just Dance 4

The Girly Team – So Glamorous ($2.99) – Keep the party going and just dance to an awesome party hits favorite, So Glamourous by The Girly Team.

LittleBigPlanet 2

Black Cat ($1.99) – Download this Black Cat costume to really stand out from the crowd!

Deadpool ($1.99) – Download this Deadpool costume to really stand out from the crowd!

Dr. Doom ($1.99) – Download this Dr. Doom costume to really stand out from the crowd!

Hawkeye ($1.99) – Download this Hawkeye costume to really stand out from the crowd!

Mugen Souls

G Fever Pack 3 ($2.99) – Show me the money! We made this set for those of you who feel that way!

NBA 2K13

All-Star Game ($4.99) – Set in Houston, site of the 2013 NBA All-Star Game, the NBA 2K13 All-Star add-on includes four events from the NBA All-Star weekend: the Rising Stars Challenge Game, East v. West NBA All-Star Game, the Foot Locker Three-Point Contest and an all-new Sprite Slam Dunk Contest.

Rock Band 3

Animal ($1.99) – Kink Ador

Cody ($1.99) – We Set The Sun

Cold ($1.99) – Christina Marie Magenta

Forbidden City ($1.99) – Tina Guo

Foster the People Pack 1 ($5.49) – Includes ‘Don’t Stop (Color on the Walls),’ ‘Helena Beat,’ and ‘Pumped Up Kicks’

Street Fighter X Tekken

Boost Gem Trial Pack 9 (Free) – A total of 3 Boost Gems that all characters can use. The effects of the Gems may be subject to change.

SF Boost Gem Pack 22 ($0.99) – 10 Boost Gems exclusively for Street Fighter characters. This is a pack featuring various activation effects across all genres. The effects of the Gems may be subject to change.

SF Boost Gem Pack 23 ($0.99) – 10 Boost Gems exclusively for Street Fighter characters. This is a pack featuring various activation effects across all genres. The effects of the Gems may be subject to change.

SF Boost Gem Pack 24 ($0.99) – 10 Boost Gems exclusively for Street Fighter characters. This is a pack featuring various activation effects across all genres. The effects of the Gems may be subject to change.

TK Boost Gem Pack 22 ($0.99) – 10 Boost Gems exclusively for Tekken characters. This is a pack featuring various activation effects across all genres. The effects of the Gems may be subject to change.

TK Boost Gem Pack 23 ($0.99) – 10 Boost Gems exclusively for Tekken characters. This is a pack featuring various activation effects across all genres. The effects of the Gems may be subject to change.

TK Boost Gem Pack 24 ($0.99) – 10 Boost Gems exclusively for Tekken characters. This is a pack featuring various activation effects across all genres. The effects of the Gems may be subject to change.

Wheel of Fortune

The 80s Pack ($3.49) – 400 new puzzles, 80’s vehicle prizes and an 80’s themed stage make up a totally radical retro version of America’s Game! Like, gag me with a spoon!

Rock Band 3

Teenagers ($0.99) – Pro Guitar – My Chemical Romance

PlayStation Store Update 01-08-13 Frequently Asked Questions

I downloaded Mega Man 9 / 10 individually, but now I can’t download the Mega Man 9+10 Bundle free in Plus. How can I take advantage of the Plus offer?If you own Mega Man 9 or 10 already, just search for the one you don’t already own. You’ll be able to find Mega Man 9 and 10 free for Plus members as individual titles.

To Morgan or Kristine or Grace or whoevers in charge of the PSN content.
On this update, my original post (about the misprinted Sega sale games, #88) said I contacted Sega. SOA customer service finally answered back, saying its the fault of the PSN team, not Sega. I have it documented here:

I’m just curious to what you guys think. After all, this is the 4th update to which I’ve written on this blog and not given an answer, so again, I encourage an official response from PSN, since Segas reps seem to like putting the blame on you guys.

I can’t download either MegaMan 9 or 10. The combo pack lets me add to cart, but when I checkout it disappears. I can download the demos individually, but the unlock keys are unavailable to me because it states that I already own the games. I do not own the games. I had downloaded the demos in the past but had since deleted them. Please help.

@248 Max Payne 1 & 2 are better on PC. Mass Effect 1 is included part of the Mass Effect Trilogy. Same with Killzone 1.
I don’t really care for ps2 games as much as ps3 games.

@247 I downloaded Mega Man 9 / 10 individually, but now I can’t download the Mega Man 9+10 Bundle free in Plus. How can I take advantage of the Plus offer?
If you own Mega Man 9 or 10 already, just search for the one you don’t already own. You’ll be able to find Mega Man 9 and 10 free for Plus members as individual titles.

Would you please, please, please! Stop pushing out betas through Playstation Plus?!
It’s a waste of bandwidth! Every single time! I love the auto-update feature, when it updates my trophy info and downloads patches for my recently played games. But I do not appreciate it downloading games/betas I do not want onto my console. Killzone 3, LittleBigPlanet Karting, DUST 514, etc. etc. I choose to download or not download PS+ free content in order to show what I support and what I do not. When it forces content onto my console, it’s robbing me of that ability. And then I have to delete the content afterwards.

If you’re not going to make it stop doing this, then at least update the system so there are two separate features:
1) Auto-updating of trophy information and automatic game patching,
2) Automatic download of recommended content.

I would leave option 1 enabled and disable option 2. There has not been one time that the automatically downloaded content has stayed on my system once I see it is there. It is always unwanted. Please, make this an option that can be shut off.

Actually in the Automatic update section you can choose what you want the automatic update to do. All you do is go to settings automatic update than choose the time you want the console to update than check mark what you want the system to do.

I have mine set to online download patches and new firmware and to sync trophy’s and online game saves. I never allowed my PS3 to download any demos or betas. Check it out when you can.

@263 figured my problem out today when my PS Plus sign disappeared and I knew it was suppossed to automatically renew itself. The credit card I had entered in had expired 12/31/2012. So the store wasn’t letting me make any purchases free or not. Updated the cc info and all was good. Thanks again for trying.

Hi I was wondering if i have a chance to somehoe purchase Journey at a discount again.? I spent a week in the hospital and was not able to but it on sale. My fiance and I were really looking forward to it but when we got home the price was back to normal. Any way someone could help? Thanks

Hi, I haven’t had Playstation Plus for very long and was looking forward to buying the Ultimate Edition of Warhammer 40,000 Space Marine on PS+ discount but unfortunately missed it. Can you guys please put it back on discount?

Not a bad ps+ update, but please, for the love of God, change the ps store back to the previous version. This store is sloppy, slow, hard to navigate, and what is with the horrible search system? Bring back the simple keyboard search. And on avatars, now we can’t view just a few letters at a time, we have to view all 2.2k of them at once? This store is horrible. I love shopping on the ps store, but until it’s fixed, I won’t even open it.

Huh, I was able to get the Mega Man 9 & 10 pack without a hitch. Looks like this is due to my previous purchases granting me unlock keys for the demos (similar to PixelJunk Eden), whereas the bundle was just the full games.

Man, for how little I’ve played Earthworm Jim yet, kinda wish I’d waited. But, hey, two bucks difference. Still picked up Blokus, Brain Challenge, and Dungeon Hunter (already had BreakQuest, Tank Battles, TV Show King, and UNO from their past one-buck deals, Let’s Golf from the heydays of PS+, and Hero of Sparta as a blemish on those kaleidoscopic days). Think I’ll pass on the other minis (most of which prolly have better versions on mobile devices anyway), and you can keep the “modern warfare” themed FPSes, thanks.

Still, these kinds of deep discounts can really broaden a gamer’s scope, like a taste-test. At the least, you get more revenue from folks like me who have to be downright repulsed to NOT drop a buck.

Nice to see the SEGA Vintage Collection bundles, even if they don’t have that arcade-y interface from their XBLA incarnations. Still only missing Super Hang-On from before…

And, SEGA, totally put an individual sale on the Valkyria Chronicles 2 DLC. Haven’t tapped into that yet (the trophy-metagame-bereft VC1 is currently with a friend), but I’d love to get the full package on a cheaper piecemeal.

Hi PSN can you please get more of the sega genesis vintage games i love playing them on the PS3 i like only those type of games and for the classic games can you get wwe here comes the pain for ps2 it is a good game please thank you